Web 2.0 is a collection of online resources that can be utilized in the classroom. Tools in the classroom can be used by both students and teachers. Web 2.0 tools can be used as a tool and assessment feature in the classroom. Web 2.0 tools can be utilized when creating surveys, analyzing and calculating charts, building rubrics, creating graphic organizers, and creating lessons.
By using web tools in the classroom you are in general implementing technology. Accoring to the ISTE NETS and performance indicators for teachers standard 2 the teacher should "design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments" (Internation Society for Technology in Education, 2008, www.iste.org).
Survey
Surveys are a great way to assess the interest level and other genreal information about children. Surveys allows the collector to gather and interpret data. Students can also create and use surveys to collect data and learn about statistics and graphs.
I created a survey and posted it on facebook asking my friends what things they liked the most. In my future classroom, I would do a survey in the beginning of the year to get to know the child's personality, their favorite subject, time of day, and some general background information about them. During the school year I would have children create thier own surveys and connect it to a statistics lesson utilizing bar graphs and percentages.
Accoring to the ISTE NETS and performance indicators for teachers standard 3 the teacher should "Model Digital-Age Work and Learning" (Internation Society for Technology in Education, 2008, www.iste.org). I would connect this survey lesson to substandard 3d: "Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning". Children would be creating surveys and analyzing the data from the collected information.
Rubrics are a neccesary item in the classroom. There are formal lessons such as this one that requires a specific rubric which presents the expectations, format, and any important information. A teacher should always inform the students what thier expectations are so students know how to aim and perform.
Digital Storytelling Rubric
We created an example of a digital story, mine was about school bus safety. Digital stories are an opportunity for children to express themsevles figuratively and creatively utilizing technology. I would have students create summaries or sections of themes and show them to the entire class to help better grasping with concepts. We create a digital story rubric on what we would want included and a guideline to help include the necessary information.
When discussing the information and ways to differentiate instruction we dicussed making lessons that were interesting to all children no matter their level of ability or interest. Teachers should develop lessons that meet the needs of all of the children. My directions to use the think-tac-toe were Children will look at the books provided in the classroom and utilize the internet to search for animals that are located in the rainforest. Children will create a power-point with at least ten slides showing a picture of the animal with characteristics about the animal. Children will watch 3 videos about the rainforest. In garage band children will create a digital story using garage band to describe the characteristics of the 4 layers of the rainforest.
Graphic organizers are a way for students to organize their data and knowledge on a certain topic.Students can easily classify ideas and communicate effectively. Students can also use graphic organizers to build off every topic and subtopic
Help your students children classify ideas and communicate more effectively. Use graphic organizers to structure writing projects, to help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research and brainstorming. Select a Graphic Organizer from the following list of links.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Project Based Lesson I designed a project based lesson on the life cycle of a plant and utilized many web 2.0 Tools!
Life Cycle of Plants utilizing Technology (Web 2.0 Tools)
Teacher:Haley Hubbell School / Grade :Third Grade (21 students) Lesson Subject:Science/ Plant Life Teaching Day/Time:1 learning week ( 20-40 minutes daily) 3-5 observation weeks (10-15 minutes M-Thurs, 30-40 minutes Fridays) 1 ½ – 2 months (END OF SCHOOL YEAR – SPRING TIME) Lesson Concept:The students will learn the stages of the life cycle of a plant. The learner will also be able to photograph every stage of the life cycle of a plant with teacher assistance and will be able to blog and record their results about the different stages of the life cycle of a plant.
Objectives
Assessments
The learner will observe the changes that occur during plant growth.
The learner will observe the changes that occur during plant growth.
The learner will use a social media site to compare/contrast and discuss plant life.
The learner will be able to place in the correct sequence the different growth stages of a plant.
The learner will understand that plants have a life cycle.
Students will take photographs and include details about the life cycle of their plant.
Students will post photographs and details about their plants using __http://www.flickr.com/__ or embedding them into their blog. Students will also post their plant records using an excel spreadsheet.
Children will write in their blog about the life cycle their plant is in and comment on two other students weekly to compare/contrast.
At the end of the project children will take a quiz to by placing the different growth stages of a plant in sequential order.
All assessments above will/should correlate into objective 5.
Materials:
25 small plastic cups
10 lb of potting soil
50-60 Bean Seeds
4 Empty Milk Jugs (for water)
Digital Camera w/ accessories
Classroom Computer w/ internet, excel, and word document program.
Ruler
Mini Notebook for each child to record data
Procedure:
Teacher will introduce topic in spring and will go for a walk outside with students. Instruct them to be very observant of what is happening to the grass, gardens, and environment.
Discuss what students saw on the outdoor walk. Ask guided questions: “How do you think the plants or flowers got there?” “How quick did they get there?”, “How long does it take them to grow?”, “What do they need to continue growing?”.
Begin the discussion of a life cycle of a plant. Discuss the different stages a plant goes through (seed, seed sprouts, roots, stem and leaves, flower/plant).
Let the students know that they will each plant a seed and document the steps of a plant's life cycle utilizing technology over the next month.
Use a camera to document the whole process!
Each child will get 1 cup and will write their name on the cup. Have children scoop ¼ cup of dirt into their cup. (provide examples). Each child will place 2 seeds on top of the dirt, and fill the rest of the cup with dirt. Each child will place their cups on the reserved windows. The teacher will demonstrate the watering process (how much, what temperature, and show them the watering schedule which will be on the wall next to the plants (1 child in the classroom will be scheduled to water the plants every 3 to 4 days).
During the following days allow them enough time to observe their cup and take note in their journal of any changes (also allow them to each take a picture of any changes in their bags).
Have children at the end of the first week post their pictures on their FLICKR account or into their blog with at least 10 sentences of details and thoughts. (Children have already had a tutorial and experience in the beginning of the school year with blogs)
On Monday, week 2 have children observe their plants for changes. Very soon their seeds will begin to change (sprout). Their seeds should also begin to develop roots, a stem should soon be visible, and leaves should be next.
Have children continue observing and logging their plant details in the journals.
During the middle of week 2, introduce the children to excel with a mini-lesson about spreadsheets (technology). Discuss that many of their plants have started to sprout and we will now be recording their growth with a ruler. Introduce ruler (math) if necessary. Have the children record their plant growth in their journals.
In the computer lab, as a group, step-by-step On Friday week 2, have children post in their blogs at least 2 photos and 10 sentences of details about what happened and what they learner about plant life this week. Children will also need to comment on 2 of their peers blogs. Children will also place their recorded numbers into a shared excel spread sheet which has been already created by the teacher which includes each child's name, cycle their plant is in, growth in inches.
For weeks 3 and 4 continues to observe plant growth with photographs and writing in the plant journal. At the end of each week as a class children will go to computer lab to blog, post pictures, and record growth.
Week 5 if on track with plant growth teacher will finalize lesson. On Monday and Tuesday in class children will observe the excel spread sheet. On a large white board or chart paper teacher will record data on a large graph of plant growth and plant life cycle. Teacher will also record childrens thoughts and what they learned on Wednesday on a large chart paper (20 minutes). Together students will create all the details necessary for a sequence quiz on Monday Week 6.
On Monday week 6, children will take the final quiz to sum up this project approach of learning. Students will be expected to place the life cycle of a plant in sequential order using glue and scissors. Students will also write a 1 page summary of the life cycle of a plant.
Students can take plants home when done with lesson.
Closure:
In a plant life cycle lesson. Science, Technology, and Math, has been included in a project approach learning program.
There are many technology tools that teachers can utilize in the classroom to make the learning experience more exciting and powerful. The Web 2.0 tools that I utilized in my lesson plan about the life cycle of a plant utilizes technology tools: Camera, Computer, Document Processor, Spreadsheet Program, Blog, FLICKR (photo sharing program). I utilized all free programs that can document and record the learning process as the children learn about the life cycle of a plant.
Camera used by teacher to document the learning process
Camera used by students to document the life cycle of a plant and record plan growth.
Computer to blog, upload and share pictures.
Word Processor will be used to help type up information and records for the blog.
Spreadsheet will be used to record stage and growth of plant.
A journal will be used to document the daily plant growth and record thoughts.
The journal will help the child with their weekly blog.
The Blog will allow children to share the learning experience weekly about plant growth, record their thoughts and plant growth. Children will interact with one another comparing and contrasting using the commenting process. Children can post pictures on their blog.
Children will post all pictures of plant growth on their blog or onto their FLICKR account.
Assessments:The following objectives were assessed by the teacher -
Objectives 1&2:The learner will observe the changes that occur during plant growth.
The teacher will assess the child from viewing their plant journal, viewing the photographs they took, spreadsheet contribution, and reviewing their weekly blog.
Objective 3:The learner will use a social media site to compare/contrast and discuss plant life.
Teacher will review the child's blog to ensure that they have wrote their weekly blog with pictures and ten sentences included. The teacher will review each child's comments weekly.
Objective 4:The learner will be able to place in the correct sequence the different growth stages of a plant.
This will be assessed on the final quiz at the end of the project approach theme.
Objective 5:The learner will understand that plants have a life cycle.
This objective will be assessed through the whole project (blog, pictures, journal, spreadsheet, comments, interest level, and final quiz). The teacher will also assess this objective through the final quiz that is given about sequential order and a 1 page summary of the life cycle of a plant.
By using web tools in the classroom you are in general implementing technology. Accoring to the ISTE NETS and performance indicators for teachers standard 2 the teacher should "design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments" (Internation Society for Technology in Education, 2008, www.iste.org).
Survey
Surveys are a great way to assess the interest level and other genreal information about children. Surveys allows the collector to gather and interpret data. Students can also create and use surveys to collect data and learn about statistics and graphs.
I created a survey and posted it on facebook asking my friends what things they liked the most. In my future classroom, I would do a survey in the beginning of the year to get to know the child's personality, their favorite subject, time of day, and some general background information about them. During the school year I would have children create thier own surveys and connect it to a statistics lesson utilizing bar graphs and percentages.
Accoring to the ISTE NETS and performance indicators for teachers standard 3 the teacher should "Model Digital-Age Work and Learning" (Internation Society for Technology in Education, 2008, www.iste.org). I would connect this survey lesson to substandard 3d: "Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning". Children would be creating surveys and analyzing the data from the collected information.
My Survey for Technology for Teachers
__http://goo.gl/2RSgU__
Charts and Statistics from What Do you like Survey?
Rubrics
Rubrics are a neccesary item in the classroom. There are formal lessons such as this one that requires a specific rubric which presents the expectations, format, and any important information. A teacher should always inform the students what thier expectations are so students know how to aim and perform.Digital Storytelling Rubric
We created an example of a digital story, mine was about school bus safety. Digital stories are an opportunity for children to express themsevles figuratively and creatively utilizing technology. I would have students create summaries or sections of themes and show them to the entire class to help better grasping with concepts. We create a digital story rubric on what we would want included and a guideline to help include the necessary information.
Think-Tac-Toe (RUBRIC) Differentiating Instruction
When discussing the information and ways to differentiate instruction we dicussed making lessons that were interesting to all children no matter their level of ability or interest. Teachers should develop lessons that meet the needs of all of the children.
My directions to use the think-tac-toe were Children will look at the books provided in the classroom and utilize the internet to search for animals that are located in the rainforest. Children will create a power-point with at least ten slides showing a picture of the animal with characteristics about the animal. Children will watch 3 videos about the rainforest. In garage band children will create a digital story using garage band to describe the characteristics of the 4 layers of the rainforest.
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Graphic Organizers
Graphic organizers are a way for students to organize their data and knowledge on a certain topic.Students can easily classify ideas and communicate effectively. Students can also use graphic organizers to build off every topic and subtopic
Help your students children classify ideas and communicate more effectively. Use graphic organizers to structure writing projects, to help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research and brainstorming. Select a Graphic Organizer from the following list of links.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Project Based Lesson
I designed a project based lesson on the life cycle of a plant and utilized many web 2.0 Tools!
Life Cycle of Plants utilizing Technology (Web 2.0 Tools)
Teacher: Haley Hubbell
School / Grade : Third Grade (21 students) Lesson Subject: Science/ Plant Life
Teaching Day/Time: 1 learning week ( 20-40 minutes daily)
3-5 observation weeks (10-15 minutes M-Thurs, 30-40 minutes Fridays)
1 ½ – 2 months (END OF SCHOOL YEAR – SPRING TIME)
Lesson Concept: The students will learn the stages of the life cycle of a plant. The learner will also be able to photograph every stage of the life cycle of a plant with teacher assistance and will be able to blog and record their results about the different stages of the life cycle of a plant.
- 25 small plastic cups
- 10 lb of potting soil
- 50-60 Bean Seeds
- 4 Empty Milk Jugs (for water)
- Digital Camera w/ accessories
- Classroom Computer w/ internet, excel, and word document program.
- Ruler
- Mini Notebook for each child to record data
Procedure:Closure:
In a plant life cycle lesson. Science, Technology, and Math, has been included in a project approach learning program.
There are many technology tools that teachers can utilize in the classroom to make the learning experience more exciting and powerful. The Web 2.0 tools that I utilized in my lesson plan about the life cycle of a plant utilizes technology tools: Camera, Computer, Document Processor, Spreadsheet Program, Blog, FLICKR (photo sharing program). I utilized all free programs that can document and record the learning process as the children learn about the life cycle of a plant.
Assessments : The following objectives were assessed by the teacher -
References:
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